Amedeo John Engel Terzi

Amedeo John Engel Terzi was an Italian illustrator and entomologist (1872–1956). He was born at Palermo.

Also recorded as A. J. E. Terzi; A. J. Engel Terzi.

Amedeo John Engel Terzi in brief

Born
1872
Died
1956
Known for
illustrator and entomologist
Place of birth
Palermo
Contents

Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1900 to 1919.

Three researchers outside the British experimental hut set up near Ostia to verify the mosquito-malaria theory. Coloured photograph of a pen drawing by A. Terzi, ca. 1900., dated 1900, held by Wellcome Collection. A Culicinae mosquito (Aedes aegypti). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi., dated [1901], held by Wellcome Collection. A tsetse fly (Glossina morbitans). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi., held by Wellcome Collection. A fly (Hoplistomerus serripes). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919., dated 1919, held by Wellcome Collection. The larva of a horse fly (Tabanus species). Drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919., dated 1919, held by Wellcome Collection. The follicle mite (Demodex folliculorum). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919., dated 1919, held by Wellcome Collection. The larva of a warble fly (Oestrus variolosus). Drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919., dated 1919, held by Wellcome Collection. A horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919., dated 1919, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 122 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Pellagra—Fine arts and literature: A short journey from Pietro Belloti and Johann Wolfgang Goethe to John Wesley Caroll and Amedeo John Engel Terzi, Clinics in Dermatology, 2026.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1872Amedeo John Engel Terzi born at Palermo.
  2. 1900Three researchers outside the British experimental hut set up near Ostia to verify the mosquito-malaria theory. Coloured photograph of a pen drawing by A. Terzi, ca. 1900. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1901A Culicinae mosquito (Aedes aegypti). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1919A fly (Hoplistomerus serripes). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1919The larva of a horse fly (Tabanus species). Drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca 1919. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1919The follicle mite (Demodex folliculorum). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919. (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1956Amedeo John Engel Terzi died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Pellagra—Fine arts and literature: A short journey from Pietro Belloti and Johann Wolfgang Goethe to John Wesley Caroll and Amedeo John Engel Terzi, Clinics in Dermatology, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 122 works naming Amedeo John Engel Terzi.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  3. 3.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2842522: Amedeo John Engel Terzi

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  4. 4.

    “Amedeo John Engel Terzi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Illustration

2,172 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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